title: Cutaneous mercury granuloma.
abstract: Cutaneous mercury granuloma is rarely encountered. Clinically it may pose difficulty in diagnosis. Here, we report a 23-year-old male presented with erythematous, nodular lesions over the forearm and anterior aspect of chest wall. Metallic mercury in tissue sections appear as dark black, opaque, spherical globules of varying size and number. They are surrounded by granulomatous foreign-body reaction. It is composed of foreign body giant cells and mixed inflammatory infiltrate composed of histiocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and few eosinophils.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, N. K. P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kalpana A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bothale
authors.forename: Sadhana D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Mahore
authors.forename: Sushil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: Trupti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dongre
keywords: Cutaneous; Hg granuloma; mercury granuloma